As death confirmations for detainees who died in the prisons of the Assad regime continue to pile up, the name of former basketball player Sameh Sorour has recently appeared in one of the lists. Sorour, who once played for the Syrian national basketball team, was detained at Damascus airport on May 2012 while returning from Aleppo following a game against Al-Jalaa in the Syrian Elite Cup. Sorour was held in…

Members of the local council and civil society groups in the town of Kafar Nouran in rural Aleppo held a sit-in to show solidarity with detainees in the prisons of the Assad regime on Sunday. The move came as the Assad regime has recently issued death notices for thousands of detainees who died under torture while in its custody. Participants called for the release of all detainees in the prisons…

At funeral of victims of the terrorist bombings that targeted Swaida province on Wednesday, local residents kicked out Assad regime officials who were sent to offer condolences. The locals accused the Assad regime and its officials of being involved in the suicide attacks that ISIS militants carried out in the province. According to Smart News Network, the mourners spurned the city’s mayor, the police chief, and head of the Baath…

The Assad regime forces launched an arrest campaign against women in the town of Kafarbatna in the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta in the past two days, local news networks reported. Regime forces arrested six women for communicating with relatives who were previously forced to move to northern Syria. The campaign came after the Assad regime detained 80 young men in the town of Douma in May, targeting young men…

Educational bodies and civil society organizations organized an exhibition for scientific innovations in Idlib province under the title ‘Little Engineers’ with the aim of encouraging schoolchildren, providing them with psychological support, helping them develop their innovative abilities and practically transform their ideas. The second “Scientific Exhibition for Creativity, which was held in the town of Hazanu in Idlib province, saw the participation of 45 schoolchildren who showcased models and miniatures…